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Jul 3, 2012 4:30 PM CDT

Home Test Kit for HIV Gets FDA Approval

Mouth swab provides results in 30 minutes or so

(Newser) - A quick and easy HIV test that provides results at home in about a half-hour will soon be in stores. The FDA today approved OraSure's OraQuick test , in which a person swabs the inside of his mouth and then inserts the swab into a test tube, reports the Wall ...

At-Home HIV Test Moves
Step Closer to Reality

May 16, 2012 7:02 AM CDT

At-Home HIV Test Moves Step Closer to Reality

FDA panel gives OraQuick thumbs up; final decision expected later this year

(Newser) - About 240,000 HIV carriers in the US are unaware of their infection—and they may soon have a quick and easy way to test for the virus at home. The over-the-counter OraQuick test requires a mouth swab and delivers results in 20 minutes, and though it is likely slightly...

Worries Dog
HIV-Blocking
Little Blue Pill

May 14, 2012 5:10 PM CDT

Worries Dog HIV-Blocking Little Blue Pill

Truvada could create drug-resistant HIV strain

(Newser) - A drug designed to block HIV infection comes with a little hitch: Used incorrectly, it could invite infection or create a resistant strain that renders the drug useless. The very FDA panel that recommended approval for the drug, Truvada, tangled with these dilemmas, the New York Times reports: What if...

FDA Panel Backs
First Drug to Block HIV

May 10, 2012 6:28 PM CDT

FDA Panel Backs First Drug to Block HIV

Truvada, made by Gilead Sciences, is for healthy people at risk

(Newser) - A panel of federal health advisers has endorsed the first drug shown to prevent HIV infection in healthy people, clearing the way for a potentially landmark approval in the 30-year-old effort against the virus that causes AIDS. In a series of votes, the FDA advisory panel recommended approval of the...

LA Porn Condom
Law Starts Today

Mar 5, 2012 5:15 AM CST

LA Porn Condom Law Starts Today

First-of-its-kind mandate kicks off today

(Newser) - Today's the day Los Angeles porn stars are supposed to start covering up. A new city law goes into effect, requiring that condoms are used during porn film shoots. Film licensing fees will fund enforcement of the law, which was fought by porn production companies, who are threatening to...

How Colonialism Helped
Start the HIV Epidemic

Feb 28, 2012 3:21 PM CST

How Colonialism Helped Start the HIV Epidemic

Researchers pinpoint historical ground zero for the virus

(Newser) - The origins of HIV are something of a historical puzzle, but recent discoveries make that puzzle a lot easier to solve—and it looks a lot like European colonialism is a big piece of it. That's the thesis of a new book by Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin called...

You're More Likely to Die
of Hepatitis C Than HIV

Feb 21, 2012 1:09 PM CST

You're More Likely to Die of Hepatitis C Than HIV

Disease now kills more people annually, and disparity is likely to grow

(Newser) - In some ways, hepatitis C is the new HIV. Thanks to widespread safe-sex campaigns, HIV and AIDS aren't the killers they once were in America. They now account for about 12,700 deaths a year, down from more than 50,000 at the mid-1990s peak, Scientific American reports. That...

Pro Wrestler Gets 32 Years
for 'HIV Assault'

Jan 24, 2012 12:26 AM CST

Pro Wrestler Gets 32 Years for 'HIV Assault'

Andre Davis didn't tell sex partners about disease

(Newser) - A professional wrestler has been sentenced in Ohio to 32 years or having sex with at least 11 women without telling them he has HIV—or lying that he was healthy. Andre Davis, 29—who has wrestled under the stage names "Gangsta of Love" and "Sweet Sexy Sensation"...

Cops: Man Intentionally Infected Women With HIV

Dec 30, 2011 5:29 PM CST

Cops: Man Intentionally Infected Women With HIV

Michigan's David Dean Smith says he exposed hundreds

(Newser) - Awful story out of Michigan: Authorities say a 51-year-old man who is HIV-positive confessed to intentionally exposing hundreds of people to the disease through unprotected sex, report MSNBC and the Grand Rapids Press . Court documents say that David Dean Smith harbored a "desire to harm women" and tried to...

Is Your Sex Life
Too Active to Donate Organs?

Dec 11, 2011 12:50 PM CST

Is Your Sex Life Too Active to Donate Organs?

More than one partner in year could label you as risky

(Newser) - Anyone who has had sex with two or more people in the past year could be classified as a risky organ donor even if they possess no other risk factors, according to new health guidelines proposed by the CDC. The new federal policy would flag organ donors who have not...

20% of Those With HIV
in US Don't Know It

20% of Those With HIV in US Don't Know It

CDC also says 3 in 4 aren't getting appropriate treatment

(Newser) - The CDC has a new study out on HIV treatment across the nation with some disturbing numbers, reports the Wall Street Journal :

Unaware: About 20% of the 1.2 million people in the US with HIV don't know they're infected. That's 240,000 people.
Treatment: All told,

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Inventor of Microsoft's
Spam Filter Out to Kill HIV

Dec 2, 2011 10:09 AM CST

Inventor of Microsoft's Spam Filter Out to Kill HIV

David Heckerman says spam, HIV present similar challenges

(Newser) - David Heckerman, the man who invented the spam filter for Microsoft, is taking on another scourge against humanity: HIV. Sound like a stretch? It’s not, Heckerman insists: He’s a medical doctor, and HIV and spam are strangely similar problems. "We have an adversarial situation going on between...

Bill Gates' AIDS Program Saved 100K Indians: Study

Oct 11, 2011 1:45 PM CDT

Bill Gates' AIDS Program Saved 100K Indians: Study

Researchers conclude that prevention works

(Newser) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s $258 million AIDS prevention program in India has prevented more than 100,000 people from becoming infected, according to a study published today in the Lancet , which concludes that prevention programs targeted at high-risk populations can be effective. The initiative, dubbed Avahan, focuses...

Contraceptive Shot
May Double HIV Risk

study says

Oct 4, 2011 11:39 AM CDT

Contraceptive Shot May Double HIV Risk

Study findings could present a 'major health crisis'

(Newser) - Alarming new research out of eastern and southern Africa, where both unplanned pregnancies and AIDS wreak havoc: The most popular contraceptive used by women there appears to double their risk of contracting HIV—and if a woman already has HIV, it doubles her risk of transmitting it to her partner...

Scientists Find Trick
to 'Disarm' HIV

Sep 20, 2011 9:42 AM CDT

Scientists Find Trick to 'Disarm' HIV

Without its cholesterol, virus can't harm immune system

(Newser) - A group of US and European scientists have discovered a way to prevent the HIV virus from harming the immune system, in a breakthrough that could lead to an entirely new approach to fighting AIDS. They discovered that by extracting cholesterol, they could render the virus a sitting duck for...

Delighted to Meet You,
Glow-in-the-Dark Kitties

Sep 12, 2011 2:38 AM CDT

Delighted to Meet You, Glow-in-the-Dark Kitties

Bizarre cats part of Mayo Clinic study to fight HIV, AIDS

(Newser) - Me-WOW. Some cats are glowing, thanks to researchers at Mayo Clinic, who inserted Rhesus monkey and jellyfish genes into unfertilized cat eggs. The mix makes resulting kittens apparently resistant to feline immunodeficiency virus, which causes feline AIDS. Oh, yeah, and it also makes them glow under special lights. It's...

Porn Industry
HIV Scare a
False Alarm

Sep 5, 2011 9:40 AM CDT

Porn Industry HIV Scare a False Alarm

Actor was retested, and results were negative

(Newser) - Porn sets across the LA-area could be back in business this week, after an HIV scare that shuttered the industry last Monday turned out to be a false alarm. The actor who had tested positive was retested, and the second test returned negative results, reports the Los Angeles Times . "...

Wisconsin Clinic:
2K Possibly Exposed to HIV

Aug 30, 2011 8:33 AM CDT

Wisconsin Clinic: 2K Possibly Exposed to HIV

Nurse spent five years improperly using insulin pens

(Newser) - A Wisconsin health clinic has warned that 2,345 patients may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis, or other blood-borne diseases by a nurse who improperly used diabetic injection devices. The nurse, whose job involved teaching newly diagnosed diabetics how to use insulin pens, used the same pen every time...

HIV Scare
Shuts Down
Porn Sets

Aug 29, 2011 5:46 PM CDT

HIV Scare Shuts Down Porn Sets

Positive test will likely rekindle debate on porno health and safety

(Newser) - An HIV scare shut down porn sets across the San Fernando Valley today after producers learned that a performer tested positive. Diane Duke, head of a porn industry trade group, asked for the moratorium and said the performer is being retested while "first- and second- generation partners" are contacted,...

AIDS Drugs
Slash Risk of
Getting HIV in
First Place

study says

Jul 13, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

AIDS Drugs Slash Risk of Getting HIV in First Place

Pair of studies show minimum 60% drop in infection rate

(Newser) - The same antiretroviral drugs that treat HIV and AIDS can also be used to cut down the risk of contracting HIV in the first place, two new studies show. The dramatic results are just the latest evidence that AIDS drugs can be effective at prevention as well as treatment. While...